This Morning’s Dr Philippa Kaye, 40, reveals she was diagnosed with bowel cancer in May last year after being misdiagnosed TWICE – and is going for final surgery this week after six months of chemotherapy London-based GP Dr. Philippa Kaye, 40, diagnosed with bowl cancer last year Mother-of-three had surgery after diagnosis before six months … Read more
More people are dying from bowel cancer than coronavirus, figures reveal – as leading medic says Britain has become ‘obsessed’ with Covid deaths Figures show there are more people dying from bowel cancer than COVID-19 Professor Karol Sikora, an oncologist, said cancer deaths will start to climb There are 319 bowel cancer deaths a week … Read more
BBC newsreader George Alagiah, 64, reveals his bowel cancer has spread to his lungs and has asked his oncologist when he ‘needs to sort his affairs out’ The BBC’s George Alagiah, 64, has revealed his cancer has spread to his lungs He was first diagnosed in 2014 and it later spread to his liver and lymph … Read more
Patients ravaged by advanced bowel cancer have been thrown a lifeline – thanks to a breakthrough drug hailed by experts as a game-changer in the fight against the disease. A landmark trial found immunotherapy treatment pembrolizumab, which helps the body attack and kill cancer cells, doubled the length of time it took for the disease to … Read more
Scientists ‘cure cancer in mice’ by injecting lung and bowel tumours with tiny toxic copper particles and super-charging the animals’ immune systems Researchers used tiny amounts of a metal which is known to be toxic to cells They injected it into tumours and boosted the immune system for a double effect When tumour cells were … Read more
The result, in black and white on the letter, was clear: bowel cancer. It was advanced – stage four – meaning it had already spread. The chance of a cure, I knew, was small. I felt a wash of sadness, and then something else: intense anger. In fact, I was furious. This wasn’t ‘my’ bad … Read more
A common type of gut bacteria may play a role in the development of bowel cancer, research suggests. An international team of scientists have shown that a toxin released by a strain of E.coli – a dangerous bacteria usually found in the lower intestine – causes unique ‘fingerprints’ of DNA damage to the cells lining the … Read more